Mop-handle



vJNTTnn STATES PATENT @Trina ORLIN XV. BRADFORD, OF GEORGETOVVN, MASSACHUSETTS.

MOP-HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 623,763, dated April 25, 1899.

Application tiled August 2,1898.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, ORLIN W, BRADFORD, a citizen of the' United States, residing at Georgetown, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Mop-Handle, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to mops for scrubbing floors and like uses, and more particularly to a certain im proved attachment for the handle of the mop,the object of theinvention being to provide means whereby the mop may be utilized to scrub out and clean corners around the base-boards of the room or the threshold thereof and about stove-legs and the bases of other fixed furniture without the necessity of the operator stooping and using the hands or fingers to press the mop into such places.

With this object in view my invention consists in a mop-handle provided with a sliding rod secured thereto parallel with the handle, near the base thereof, means being provided for holding said sliding rod in its lower or operative position or its upper or inoperative position.

My invention further consists in the improved construction, arrangement, and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and afterward particularly pointed out in the claims.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention most nearly appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, having reference to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View illustrating a mop and handle equipped with my improved attachment, the latter being shown in its raised or inoperative position and the handle of the mop being broken away to shorten the illustration. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the same with the rod in its lower or operative position. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View of the sliding rod detached, a portion being broken off near the point to shorten the illustration. Figi]c is a transverse sectional view on the plane indicated by the dotted line at -t of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a similar view on the plane indicated by the dotted line 5 5 of Fig. 2. Fig. Gis a similar view on the plane indicated by the dotted line 6 G of Fig.

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Serial No. 687,512. (No model.)

2. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of a modified form of clamp. Fig. S is a detail perspective view of the blank used in the manufacture of the clamp illustrated in Fig. 7, a portion thereof being broken away to shorten the illustration.

Like letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings byletters, A indicates the handle, and B the head of the mop secured to the end of the handle. C indicates the mop proper, secured in the head B by means of a spring-clip D, operated by the clamp E in the well-known manner, all of these parts being of any well-known or approved construction and forming no part of my invention.

f F indicates a rod, shown as provided with a conical or sharpened point F, although this is immaterial, and the point may be chisel- The rod F is longitudinally slotted, as at G, said slot being provided with end branch slots G and G at right angles to the main body, extending partially around the rod, the rod being further provided with a cam projection H and a handle I. The rod F is mounted in eyes J and K, which are shown as secured to the handle by means of bolts J and K', provided with nuts J and K. These eyes lnay be formed, as shown in Fig. 7, on a clamp-ring L, formed of a blank notched at L and L on opposite sides, as shown in Fig. S, and provided with a suitable clamping-bolt M, passing through ears at the ends of the clamping-ring to secure the clamping-ring and the eye to the mop-handle. The handle F is also provided with plates N and O, secured by screws N' and O, against which the cam projection H engages at the two extremes of movement of the sliding rod. The handle is further provided with a screw-hook P, the point of which is adapted to engage inthe grooves G, G', and G, as hereinafter explained.

The construction of my invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description, and its operation may be described as follows: With the parts in position as shown in Fig. l the mop may be used for its usual purpose, the attachment being of no effect thereon. To bring the attachment into operation, the rod F is turned by means of IOO the handle I to bring the point of the hook P out of the branch groove Gr'l into the longitudinal groove G, which also disengages the cam projection II from the curved plate N and leaves the rod free to be moved longitudinally in the eyes .I and K. The rod is now moved downward in said eyes, the point of the hook P sliding in the longitudinal groove until the end thereof is reached, when the rod is in the position shown in Fig. 2, and

the rod may be turned by means of the han? die I to bring the point of the hook P into the branch groove G', which will lock the rod against longitudinal movement, the forcible contact of the canrsurface II against the curved pla-te O securing the rod against rotation. In this position themop can be pushed by the point of the rod into any corner or crevice, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and the corner or crevice thoroughly cleaned and scraped without requiring the operator to stoop or otherwise get down to the floor and use the hands to 'force the material of the mop into said corners or crevices.

The advantages attending the use of my invention are readily apparent, and while I have illustrated and described the best means now known to me for carrying out my invention I do not wish to be understood as restricting myself to the exact details of construction shown, but hold that any slight variation therefrom, such as might suggest itself to the ordinary mechanic, would clearly be comprehendcd in thelimitand scopcof myinvcntion.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

l. The combination with a mop provided with the usual handle, head and holding dcvices, of a rod attached to the handle and adapted to be projected beyond the head to bear upon the mop, and provided with means for holding it in its upper or lower positions, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a mop-handle and its head, the mop and securing means therefor, of a rod slidably mounted in eyes secured to the handle near the head provided with means for sliding and guiding it, and a camsurface adapted to engage with the handle to hold the sliding rod in either position, substantially as described.

3. The combination with the mop-handle and its head, adapted to receive the mop, of eyes secured to the handle near the head, a rod slidably mounted in said eyes and provided with a longitudinal groove having rightangle branched grooves at each end, a screwhook secured in the handle with its point in said grooves, curved gearing-plates secured to the handle, and a cam projection on the rod adapted to engage said bearing-plates when the rod is at either end of its movement, substantially as described.

ORLIN XV. BRADFORD.

Witnesses:

DAVID E. ARCHIBALD, EDWARD T. LYFoRD. 

